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'Arsonists' torch fifty cars in Smethwick scrapyard fire | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Arsonists caused a fifty car fire overnight at a West Midlands scrapyard, police believe. | |
Four crews from West Midlands Fire Service pumped water from a nearby canal to help fight the fire at Spon Lane Salvage, in Smethwick. | |
Smoke slowed traffic along the M5 delaying traffic at junctions 1 and 2, a fire service spokesman said. | |
Crews were called to the fire at about 08:30 GMT. Nobody was injured in the fire, the spokesman said. | |
Smethwick Fire Station crew commander Tony Calder said fire crews tackled the blaze "through the night" before extinguishing it completely by midnight. | |
Mr Calder said the cause of the fire was being investigated. | Mr Calder said the cause of the fire was being investigated. |
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "We believe the fire was started deliberately." | |
They have appealed for witnesses. |
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